Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy

Kottman is a registered play therapist-supervisor and recently founded The Encouragement Zone, a center where she provides play therapy training, counseling, coaching, and “playshops” for women. During the past 20 years, she has developed her Adlerian approach, integrating Adlerian concepts and techniques into the practice of play therapy. The second edition of this text incorporates Kottman’s findings and developments since publication of the first edition in 1995, including new strategies for conceptualizing children, techniques for working directly with children and parents, and a systematic method for designing a treatment plan for both children and parents (and for working with teachers and other school personnel when appropriate). For play therapists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR